Airbus bids on Polish helos

Poland has received three bids in a $3 billion military helicopter tender and expects to sign a deal in the second half of 2015, according to the defence ministry. Airbus Group, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, a unit of U.S. contractor United Technologies Corp., and AgustaWestland, a unit of Italy's Finmeccanica, offered bids, the ministry said. Poland has embarked on a $41 billion program to modernise its armed forces by 2022. (Source: Reuters, 12/30/14) Central Mississippi Note: Airbus Helicopters Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Airbus Group, is located in Columbus, Miss.